From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 6 02:59:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA29966 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 02:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA29952 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 02:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id LAA24610; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:45:37 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.gtn.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA14391; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:07:12 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:07:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MFS stable enough ? (2.1.0-RELEASE) In-Reply-To: <199610052117.SAA00384@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br> Message-ID: X-try-apsfilter: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz X-Fax: +49 2137 2018 X-Phone: +49 2137 2020 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to mount /tmp on a MFS partition, but since then my machine > crashes when I try to edit (vi) some files. Is MFS stable enough for > a production machine ? > > Are there plans for unification of MFS and the VM system ? I'd recommend upgrading to FreeBSD-2.1.5 You can do this via sup for example ... I was running FreeBSD 2.0, 2.1, 2.1-stable and now I'm running FreeBSD-current, but I never had trouble with MFS ... Perhaps swap space is too small ?! Any pointer in /var/log/messages that might tell you the real problem ?! I only had a problem, using the mfs for more then 1 directory ... __ andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<